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Sheriff appeals of gun permits for pot users

Washington County, Oregon Sheriff Rob Gordon thinks he should have at least as much discretion in handing out concealed weapons permits as an employer has in deciding who to hire and fire.
Re-ignited by a recent Oregon Supreme Court ruling saying employers can use federal drug law as a reason to fire medical marijuana users, Washington County commissioners said Tuesday that their top law enforcement official should be able to stop the same legal pot smokers from carrying concealed handguns...

While I am not a user of illegal substances, and I don't condone casually breaking the law, I can see this is going to be a major problem in our near future.

States will be legalizing marijuana beginning this November and the gray area of 'medicinal marijuana' will expand into a much larger problem.

I see all of this as a responsibility problem. If someone is responsible in their use of any mind or mood altering substance and is also responsible with their guns, there's no problem. If a person has a problem we already have laws in place to take care of it.

The sheriff is looking for a way to extend and abuse his authority. If all the various products are legally possessed, he should stay out of peoples' lives.

People don't like to be meddled with. We tell them what to do, what to think, don't run, don't walk. We're in their homes and in their heads and we haven't the right. We're meddlesome.--River Tam

IT'S A FRIGGIN SHAME...........The whole discussion about legal weed is NOT about your individual rights of free choice, BUT ONLY allowed on the ballot for the purpose of expanding the tax base. Does no one understand how ludicrous this is. It's all about taxation and supporting the inane programs they refuse to cut.
As for use of any intoxicant, not my personal choice to use. IF YOU DO, don't operate, carry or get in my face. The most belligerent people I've ever met in my life were all intoxicated. If you self medicate, please stay in the privacy of your own home. (This will start a ruckus)

"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." --author and philosopher Ayn Rand (1905-1982)

Despite heavy, lawful, legitimate research, there is no evidence supporting use of smoked pot.

I can easily find patients who would love to be legally stoned too. Still, that does NOT reach the level of medical evidence!

All "Medical Marijuana" laws are a ploy, crafted simply to allow stoners some legal dope.

I was just reading that once the peoples republik of kalifornicatia, legalizes the dope, the price (and the tax) will surely crash.

There goes the ploy of vast amounts of tax revenue flowing in!

Of course, how are you going to tax each and every pot-head growing his own stuff? honor system ?

-Doc

Back yard pot, while it will work, is not the same as medicinal, as the stuff you can buy at the high school.
Cultivation of pot is a science all to itself. In fact, several community colleges in California offer certificates, and degree's in pot cultivation.
I pretict pot will be commercially produced, and taxed.

Regarding the paranoia about everyone getting stoned, and not working, IMO, not true. If you want pot today, make a phone call. The same people using today, will be the same using tomrow.

I am waiting for the ATF to knock down my door. I admited to using pot.